I currently ride a Selle Italia SLR which has ALMOST no padding. But came across this which truly has no padding. Anyone out there ride this type of thing--or tried it and hated it?

It would shave 40 gms if it weighs as claimed--97gms. My SLR weighs in at 139/140--a tad over the 135gms printed on the seat cover! But still crazy light. Its reasonably comfortable to me but it may be due to the 40 gms of leather on it!

According to reports some of the full carbon saddles are too stiff. That's the trouble with the cheapo offerings Ali Baba. You can't tell without trying them or at least getting a good ride report. The flexible ones though are comfortable. Token and Merek both sell flexible ones.

I don't know the saddle pictured but its about the right weight to be flexy, and if the rail end fixings at the back are close together there's a good chance it will flex well.

Obviously no one can tell you if the saddle is comfy for you, only for them. I ride a Merek carbon saddle, the Mega DCS model. Do a search on here for "merek carbon saddle" and you'll see a handful of posts. I personally like hard saddles, that are flat and wide in the back so that I can sit with my only contact points being the sit bones. So switching to a full-carbon saddle for me was not really an issue because it my previous saddle also hit all those checkboxes, albeit with slightly more padding. Works for me, been riding for about 10 months on it now. Maybe won't work for you. Hella light though at 109g.

Well guess I will have to try it out and see. I do tend to sit back on the wings of the saddle and don't sit on the needle unless just giving a little weight relief for a few hundred meters. I suspect I will be okay with it but seems its returnable so I can give it a whirl and see.

My 13.71 build is shedding weight pretty nicely, in theory as I have not gotten the parts yet. But thus far it appears I have shed

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